Three Percent Podcast

Here it is, the infamous live recording at McNally Jackson!
There was a great turnout to hear Brian, María Christina, and I
work our way through our thoughts about Death in Spring,
Rodoreda's overall stature, the banning of the color yellow, and
much more. We had a great time doing this, and thanks again to
McNally...

Mara Faye Lethem joins us this week to talk about Catalonia's
scatological obsession, the challenges of the
current political situation, Max Besora's wild novel, and
Rodoreda's triumphant return to the best-seller list. Then they get
into a more autobiographical reading of this section of Death
in Spring, a section...

Back at last! Chad and Tom reunite after a month in which Tom
finished building an entire bookstore and bar, which is now
open! In addition to talking about Riffraff's first week of
business, they talk about the NCIBA statement against
publishers selling direct to consumers and institutions, about
Tyrant Books tweeting...

This week, fresh off a publication in the Boston Review, Jess Fenn (JR Fenn) joins
Chad, Brian, and Best Translated Book Award judge
Patrick Smith (P.T. Smith) to talk about the second part of
Death in Spring. They trace a few motifs, talk about
dystopias and literary world-building, and much more.
Another...

Welcome to one of the strangest villages in all of fiction! Now
that Chad and Brian have gone through the stories, they turn their
attention to Rodoreda's Death in Spring, which was
published posthumously in 1986. They're joined by Catalan
researcher and translator Meg Berkobien and Anastasia Nikolis, who
you might...

About the Podcast

The Three Percent Podcast is a weekly(ish) conversation about new books, the publishing scene, international literature in translation, and many other random rants and raves. Chad W. Post of Open Letter Books and Tom Roberge of New Directions and Albertine Bookstore keep things irreverent, informed, and funny in a podcast that'll keep you up to date on the international literary and publishing worlds. Maybe. (Presented by Three Percent @ the University of Rochester.)